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Patrick Galey
Journalist
Posts tagged “Egypt”
Why is no one talking about Egypt’s judiciary? In recent days, clashes between largely peaceful protesters and security forces have claimed dozens of lives in Port Said, Suez and Cairo. The violence prompted the head of the army to issue a fairly unequivocal warning to political factions and President Mohammed Morsi to declare a state of emergency. Opposition supporters and revolutionaries have obviously placed the blame at the Brotherhood’s door, with the most prominent opposition force, the National Salvation Front, refusing Morsi’s invitation to dialogue. General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi proclaimed his dismay at the political situation in Egypt, but it seems clear that current events are at least partly the result of the debate for Egypt’s future being removed from the political arena. There…
Tagged: Cairo, clashes, Egypt, ElBaradei, emergency law, military trials, Morsi, Port Said, revolution, Sisi
Violence has erupted again in Port Said, following the sentencing to death of 21 Al-Masry football club supporters for their involvement in the killing of 79 fans of rivals Al-Ahly on Feb. 1 last year. As someone who covered the aftermath of the disaster, it seems plain that those Al-Ahly fans rejoicing the verdict and those Al-Masry partisans violently opposing it both miss the root of the issue. The Port Said football massacre was the fault of the authorities, of the Central Security Forces, police and the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. So far, none of the five senior officers accused of involvement in the disaster have been sentenced, although this might change come March, when others allegedly responsible will be dealt with. It was the…
A new player has emerged on the Egyptian protest scene. Apart from the fact that they obviously dislike the current government/the establishment/society and have questionable sartorial tastes (although their eponymous colour is known to be slimming), what do we really know about Black Bloc? They are mean: They may or may not be Christians: They are irritating: They coordinate: They send mixed signals: They don’t talk to no media: They have no fucking respect: They are, like, SO ironic: They wanna see the world burn: They like cross-fades: They franchise: They encourage moral relativism:
Tagged: Black Bloc, BlackBloc, Brotherhood, Cairo, Egypt, Jan25, Muslim Brotherhood, protest, revolution, Tahrir
I took this last Jan. 25 in Tahrir Square, Cairo. The guy is flying a kite bearing the Egyptian flag high above 100,000s of protesters. Power to all those who turned out again today. Tukmil al thawra.
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Tagged: Egypt, Jan25, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, revolution, SCAF, Tahrir, thawra
One year ago, I reported from Cairo and Tahrir Square as 100,000s of Egyptians marked the first anniversary of the protest movement that ousted Hosni Mubarak. I can’t be back there today, but here’s a selection of what’s going on. View as slideshow Egypt Protests: Violence Flares In Tahrir Square On Second Anniversary Of … CAIRO, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second ann… 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Huffingtonpost · Original link On the edges of Tahrir… Egypt protests heat up on Revolution Anniversary While Exchanging Rocks and Tear Gas Security Forces 00Share Share on Facebook…
Tagged: botherhood, clashes, Egypt, Jan25, revolution, Tahrir
Egyptian court sentences family to 15yrs – but not just for converting to Christianity
patrickgaley
Posted on January 17, 2013
View as slideshow Egyptian court sentences Christian family to 15 years for converting … 12 hours ago … Nadia Mohamed Ali, who was raised a Christian, converted to Islam when she married Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab Mustafa, a Mus… 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Benjamin Weinthal · Original link annie fofani@anniefofani @patrickgaley there’s this. can’t verify global.christianpost.com/ne… Wed, Jan 16 2013 14:19:32 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Anon_Squirrel@poobIocks Nadia Mohamed Ali’s conviction in Egypt was for using “forged documents” NOT converting to Christianity. 15 years is extreme. #EDL Wed, Jan 16 2013 21:02:14 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Sara Salman@sara_salman I read that articlie earlier, and the other sources I found only quoted FOX. Questionable, indeed. @patrickgaley…
I reported a few weeks ago on the case of Alber Saber, an Egyptian atheist blogger who was arrested on charges of blasphemy as part of the fallout from the “Innocence of Muslims” video trailer. Alber was arrested after an angry crowd surrounded his house and threatened to kill him in response, so the mob-rule determined, for his defamation of Islam after it was wrongly reported he had uploaded the film trailer on to Facebook. He was slammed in a crowded cell, where fellow prisoners were told he had insulted the Prophet (PBUH). He was assaulted and threatened with a razor blade, and is currently lost in the dystopian labyrinth of Cairo’s prisons and interrogation centers. His mother, who was forced to flee her…
Alber Saber: Arrested, Assaulted, Accused of Insulting Islam
patrickgaley
Posted on September 19, 2012
As I posted yesterday, Alber Saber, an Egyptian Atheist, was arrested last week and accused of defaming Islam after it was alleged he posted “The Innocence of Muslims” – a film produced at a cost of less than $100,000 by a man who claimed to be an Israeli Zionist but is in fact a Coptic Christian based in California with a history of criminality and manufacturing PCP – on Facebook. Here’s my dispatch for New Statesman, which includes interviews with his lawyer and mother. Today, after great work by Aussie freelance journalist Austin Mackell, Reuters and others have picked up on the story which, with any luck, will help to raise some noise about the case. Local support for Alber – again, a self-proclaimed…
Alber Saber, Egyptian atheist arrested for Prophet film, “disappeared”
patrickgaley
Posted on September 18, 2012
The arrest and subsequent detention of Alber Saber, an Egyptian Atheist who was accused of posting the amateur, anti-Islam film “The Innocence of Muslims” on Facebook has shocked many observers. For those of you unfamiliar, a mob surrounded Saber’s appartment in east Cairo Wednesday night, threatened to burn the building down and spread [totally false] rumors that he had burned the Koran. Terrified, Alber’s mother called the police to protect her son. Instead, Alber was arrested, assaulted with a razor blade by a fellow prisoner and charged with defamation of religion – an antiquated law rarely wheeled out. According to his lawyer, Ahmed Ezzat, Alber has disappeared after appearing in court over the weekend. “They are not telling us where he is being kept,” Ezzat told…
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Tagged: Alber Samer, Arrest, Atheist, Cairo, Egypt, The Innocence of Muslims
